$2,500 marketing and publicity budget Display at the conference of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research Outreach to environmental publications and university websites Reviews in local media Review copy mailing to theater studies journals Social media presence: LibraryThing, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Tumblr Advertising in Canadian Theatre Review and BC Bookworld Publicity and promotion with the playwright's upcoming productions Talonbooks website, "MetaTalon" feature General E-book Plan: e-book available, e-ISBN will be on all press materials and the Talonbooks website
Playwright and politician Wendy Lill has
written extensively for radio, magazines, film, and television. Her
work has resulted in two ACTRA awards, a Golden Sheaf award (for
her film Ikwo), a Chalmers award, a Gemini award, a New York
Festivals Radio Program and Promotion Award, and four nominations
for the Governor-General’s Literary Award for Drama (The Occupation
of Heather Rose, All Fall Down, The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum, and
Corker.) Chimera, her first play since leaving politics, premiered
at the Tarragon Theatre. She created and was head writer for the
award-winning CBC Radio series Backbencher.
Lill was born in Vancouver in 1950. She grew up in London, Ontario
then completed a B.A. in political science at Toronto’s York
University in 1970. She worked for nearly a decade in Toronto while
pursuing her passion for writing part-time, before accepting
full-time work in Winnipeg as a writer for CBC (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation) radio in 1979. Lill remained in Winnipeg
for nearly ten years, and during this time she began writing plays
and developed a productive association with Prairie Theatre
Exchange and its artistic director, Kim McCaw. In 1988, Lill moved
to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to continue to write for the theater, as
well as pursue her political ambitions. She is a co-founder of the
Eastern Front Theatre Company in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1993).
Lill was elected as a Member of Parliament (NDP) for Dartmouth in
1997 and was re-elected in 2000 for a second term.
“Messenger begins in the present day but flashes back to happenings
in 1990 when the world was first awakening to the reality of
climate change. The story is told through the eyes of Katharine
Stockman (Burgandy Code), the wife of an impassioned, newly minted
minister of environment named Thomas Stockman (Hugh Thompson). With
the prime minister's blessing, Thomas is poised to reveal Canada's
bold plan to lead the war on climate change. Unfortunately, when
the political realities of alienating Big Oil are examined in the
cold light of day, Thomas is left as a lone voice in the
wilderness." —Kate Watson, The Coast
“Messenger is more heart than history or politics. Lill keeps her
audience on edge with her insights into the complexity of human
dynamics." —Elissa Barnard, Halifax Chronicle Herald
"Go see Wendy Lill’s well-written, well-acted drama." —Kate Watson,
The Coast
“Messenger is more heart than history or politics. Lill keeps her
audience on edge with her insights into the complexity of human
dynamics." —Elissa Barnard, Halifax Chronicle Herald
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